The New Word; An Open Letter Addressed to the Swedish Academy in Stockholm On the Meaning of the Word Idealist

The riddle.--Psychology: the personal equation.--Etymology: the castle in the air.--Lexicography: the play upon words.--Metaphysics: the house of cards.--Altruism: the face in the looking-glass.--Materialism: the shape.--Physics: the knot.--Dynamics: the demon in the stone.--Chemistry: the man in the crumb.--Mathematics: the conjuring trick.--Logic: the cipher.--Ontology: the end.--Metastrophe: the magic crystal.--Biology: the elf.--Theology: the painted window.--Exegetics: the forbidden fruit.-